The M1 chip was Apple's first chip designed specifically for the Mac. The M1 chip is optimized for the small size and high energy efficiency of Mac systems. As an SoC chip, the M1 uses a unified memory architecture.
The M1 is also Apple's first PC chip built with a 5-nanometer process, packing 16 billion transistors. The M1 is equipped with a PC integrated graphics card; Its Apple neural network engine brings better machine learning performance. Thanks to this, the M1 chip speeds the central processing unit up to 3.5x, the graphics processor up to 6x, and machine learning up to 15x, all while improving battery life up to twice that of the last generation of Mac models. M1 combines all of these technologies on a single SoC chip, taking integration to a new level for greater performance and energy efficiency.